Which Chick Flick Character Are You?
Posted by: Catherine Strawn
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11:00AM, Thursday April 16th 2009
Chick flicks are generally the lamest of movies, but we still watch them, making them huge blockbusters and giving them the longest of lifespans on Netflix. Of course, part of the reason we keep seeing them despite their high cheese factor is because we all want to believe in the possibility of happy endings, but I think a lot of their popularity has to do with women feeling like they are one of the characters.
I just saw “Definitely, Maybe” and identify with Isla Fischer’s character April. We’re always good friends with guys. Sometimes we like them, but we don’t realize this until it’s too late, and they’re seeing someone else. Eventually, she ends up getting the guy, but it takes years and years of being his best gal pal before that happens (which I hope is the case with me).
The friend character is a popular one, and Annika identifies with Kerry Washington’s character Nikki Tru in “I Think I Love My Wife.” Guys might like to flirt and be friends with her, but then they end up going home to their girlfriends, instead of dating her. (Also, Annika wishes she oozed sex appeal, like Nikki).
Amelia related to Ginnifer Goodwin’s “He’s Just Not That Into You” Gigi’s crazy overanalyzing of men’s behavior. Luckily, she only does this in her head, rather than actually going forward and stealing pens from guys she likes and obsessively leaving them voicemails.
Which chick flick character are you and why?
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 11:32 am: [report]
Westley from The Princess Bride. AKA
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 11:32 am: [report]
DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS!
Rose
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 11:38 am: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse - you didn’t say why. Or “as you wish”
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averardoll
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 11:41 am: [report]
The Princess Bride isn’t that chick flicky. On a side note, do John Hughes films count? I’d like to end up with Andrew McCarthy @ the end of a film
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 11:56 am: [report]
@Rose: As you wish. Handsome, has alter egos (CheeeeEEEEse), a weird sense of nobility, a penchant for black, strange cohorts (Friends).
shannac02
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 12:40 pm: [report]
I’m not trying to copy, but I am DEFINITELY a Gigi or Bridget Jones. I always do completely stooooopid things that make me look like a complete ass in front of a guy or his friends… I was actually soooo into “he’s just not that into you” that I sat (alone) in the theater and cried when everything was going wrong for Gigi. I can never relate to those women who just ooze sex appeal… I relate to the spaz’s that are total dorks.
Rose
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 01:30 pm: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse I’ll be your Buttercup anytime
sailor_girl
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 03:46 pm: [report]
Thelma (Gena Davis) in Thelma and Louise. I’m very much passive, shy, impressionable and weird not to mention tall and a read head.
retro chic
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 04:59 pm: [report]
It’s hard to choose when you’re a multifaceted girl like me, and apparently displaced, too. Weirdly, I’m third-gen LA, but just noticed all the characters I relate to are all centered around NYC!:
Younger days: Isla Fischer/April/Definitely…same star-crossed dating scenarios, and chirpy sarcastic bohemian thing all the way around.
Thirties: Meg Ryan/Sally/When Harry Met… relationship angst and analysis amongst married friends. Can do a good “O” table-pounding restaurant scene, too.
Wannabe for a day: Meryl Streep/Miranda Priestly/The Devil Wears Prada… her professional High Priestess omnipotence only… “no, no, it’s not a question… [pause] you’re still here.”
Maybe I should go back East to visit the other half of the clan.
Cese_ED
wrote on April 16 2009 @ 05:01 pm: [report]
I am also Gigi. I actually watched the movie and was embarassed, because I recognized so much of myself. Urgh.